Professional background

I have a BSc (Hons) and a Ph. D. in Computer Science. You can download my thesis if you're curious. It's not too boring :-)

I've previously worked at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, Ming Chuan University in Taiwan, Murdoch University in Australia, and as a Chief Engineer in GIS (computer maps) at
the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research in Norway. I now run my own company in the UK, offering IT consulting services and writing Virtual Reality software.

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Interests

Computing: I'm interested in most areas of computing, both theory and practice. My research background is in computer science theory: A.I., robotics, computer
games, potential fields, and navigation. Recently, I've been working in image processing and analysis - steganography, steganalysis, and CAPTCHA design. I've previously
enjoyed working in visual bio-informatics. A few years back, I set up a new Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Group at
Murdoch University with my former colleague Graham Mann. In Norway, I designed & built open source GIS & database software to implement national mapping infrastructure
projects for the government. Nowadays, I'm back into AI as well as some VR.

Economics/Finance: I'm interested in several areas, particularly neuro-economics, and other niches where there is a genuinely scientific approach to understanding how humans and money go together.

Brains, consciousness and thought: How do brains work? What are qualia? Is consciousness an on/off property or something gradual? How do our senses influence the way we build models of the world and interact with it?

Rationality: Learning about cognitive biases and other built-in weaknesses of the human mind, and trying to reduce the number of errors I make as I think.